110
110
Oct 1, 2012
10/12
by
CNBC
tv
eye 110
favorite 0
quote 0
we had an answer from charlie evans this morning. he thinks the fed should keep adding to its balance sheet. right now what it's doing with operation twist is selling short-term securities and buying long-term ones. the effect of that is neutral as to the size of the balance sheet. charlie evans says he wants to take the $40 billion they're spending on mortgages, continue that but do a total $85 billion net addition to the balance sheet. i'd like to ask fed chairman ben bernanke if that's what he expects. >> let's listen in here. obviously i was struck, steve, by how sort of full-throated -- i've used that phrase several times and i apologize for that -- but his defense was of fed policy. will that quell any of his critics? >> i don't think so. i think really people have dug in their heels on this. i think the one question and one criticism has been about inflation. to the critics, where is the inflation. >> sorry to interrupt. let's listen to some questions. >> -- the staff will be through to pick them up or you can just bring them
we had an answer from charlie evans this morning. he thinks the fed should keep adding to its balance sheet. right now what it's doing with operation twist is selling short-term securities and buying long-term ones. the effect of that is neutral as to the size of the balance sheet. charlie evans says he wants to take the $40 billion they're spending on mortgages, continue that but do a total $85 billion net addition to the balance sheet. i'd like to ask fed chairman ben bernanke if that's what...
225
225
Oct 2, 2012
10/12
by
CNBC
tv
eye 225
favorite 0
quote 0
that's what charlie evans basically told us yesterday. that's the message. you need to be looking for those high yield, high growth areas. >> mathematics of bonds just aren't there. >> we're at a search for yield. we're in a search for yield. gentlemen, thank you very much. talk with you soon. we appreciate your time tonight. we'll see you, guys. the federal reserve may have fueled a third quarter rally for sure, but the central bank's easing did have some unintended consequences. >> maria, while the market rallies, capital markets activities still lagged for much of the third quarter, according to final numbers. global m&a activity down. while that might not seem like a huge slide, it is when you know it was bolstered by aig's jumbo $20 billion secondary stock sale in august that comprised a third of the year's activity. the number of ipos is also down. cut more than in half from the same period last year. what the fed has done is juiced the high yield market, driving a record buying spree for junk bond at yields normally reserved for higher credit companie
that's what charlie evans basically told us yesterday. that's the message. you need to be looking for those high yield, high growth areas. >> mathematics of bonds just aren't there. >> we're at a search for yield. we're in a search for yield. gentlemen, thank you very much. talk with you soon. we appreciate your time tonight. we'll see you, guys. the federal reserve may have fueled a third quarter rally for sure, but the central bank's easing did have some unintended consequences....
272
272
Oct 1, 2012
10/12
by
CNBC
tv
eye 272
favorite 0
quote 0
earlier some attributed part of the rally to what chicago fed bank president charlie evans told our steve liesman this morning on cnbc. listen. >> in my opinion, we'd continue with the asset purchases until we see payroll employment more like 200,000, 250,000. >> you're saying continue at 85 billion into all of 2013? that would be your recommendation? >> this is my recommendation. >> so is the fed's bond buying spree fueling the markets and should we be worried it won't last? that's what we're talking about right now. eric is with us of gerring wealth management. he says yes. gary clark says be defensive knew, expect a rally after the election. thanks for joining us. harry, why do you expect a rally after the election? we'll get nr clarity then? >> that's one thing. the uncertainty is the death of the market. i think we're going to get a correction first. the market is tired. the tired gain of last month was two days. ecb day and qe forever day. that's not good for the markets. the market needs a correction. think now anywhere from 5% to 8% will do it. a lot of money out there waiting to
earlier some attributed part of the rally to what chicago fed bank president charlie evans told our steve liesman this morning on cnbc. listen. >> in my opinion, we'd continue with the asset purchases until we see payroll employment more like 200,000, 250,000. >> you're saying continue at 85 billion into all of 2013? that would be your recommendation? >> this is my recommendation. >> so is the fed's bond buying spree fueling the markets and should we be worried it won't...
302
302
Oct 1, 2012
10/12
by
CNBC
tv
eye 302
favorite 0
quote 0
i talked to charlie evans this morning. he was one of the advocates of what we're calling the q.e. infinity program, the idea of keeping your foot on the accelerator, the central bank keeping its foot on the accelerator as long as employment remained above 7%. just a little background, the fed did not go with evans' specific proposal but did create an open-ended quantitative easing. so i asked him, how open-ended is it? what happens at the end of this year when operation twist ends? what happens to additions to the balance sheet? here's what he said. >> i frankly think it's going to take almost a year in order to see the type of improvement in labor markets that i'm expecting, just getting through the first half of next year with the headwinds that we're facing. i think that it's probably later in 2013 that we would get there. so in my opinion, we'd continue with those asset purchases until we see payroll employment more like 200,000, 250,000. >> continue at $85 billion into all of 2013? >> this is my recommendation. >> it's important to parse it just a little bit. remember that pa
i talked to charlie evans this morning. he was one of the advocates of what we're calling the q.e. infinity program, the idea of keeping your foot on the accelerator, the central bank keeping its foot on the accelerator as long as employment remained above 7%. just a little background, the fed did not go with evans' specific proposal but did create an open-ended quantitative easing. so i asked him, how open-ended is it? what happens at the end of this year when operation twist ends? what...
297
297
Sep 28, 2012
09/12
by
CNBC
tv
eye 297
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> and charlie evans will be our special guest on monday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, he was a stronged a quo cat for qe infinity and hopefully he'll talk to us about the behind-the-scenes action. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today and explore your next investing idea. >>> welcome back. >> welcome back to "squawk box." >> yep. >> i'm with you to the song. the you're welcome back to "squawk box." futures have been lower all session. didn't change much after the numbers. pmi could do something. we'll see. with the midwest hit hard by the summer drought we are keeping a close watch on crop prices. cnbc's jane wells joins us with details from the department of agriculture's crop report. you have been to fly over states. yo
. >>> and charlie evans will be our special guest on monday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, he was a stronged a quo cat for qe infinity and hopefully he'll talk to us about the behind-the-scenes action. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more...
259
259
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
CNBC
tv
eye 259
favorite 0
quote 0
that's what charlie evans is saying, in effect, they are seeing into the future, they say, and improving the future, but before it can come to pass. d tt succeeding. >> i think 34 -- if you're going to measure a yardstick in another realm, it is 34.3, isn't it? >> no, it's 36. >> it's relativity. length contraction time -- >> that's part of the problem. that's part of the problem. >> you've heard of length contraction and time dilation, right? >> we should talk in simple terms, joe. >> not general relativity. but einstein made a fortune in physics. so you're saying that -- i mean at 8%, you're not feeling the pain of all these people that are out of work. and we've got no fiscal solutions, we've got a deadlocked congress, congress can't do anything, they're the only game in town. that's got to help. >> empathy is not the way forward. the way forward is to think through the problem. >> it is staggering that they think they need to make -- >> they have an atlas complex, which is not helping. >> they should be shrugging. >> it's hindering. >> ben bernanke sets up as the world's leading auth
that's what charlie evans is saying, in effect, they are seeing into the future, they say, and improving the future, but before it can come to pass. d tt succeeding. >> i think 34 -- if you're going to measure a yardstick in another realm, it is 34.3, isn't it? >> no, it's 36. >> it's relativity. length contraction time -- >> that's part of the problem. that's part of the problem. >> you've heard of length contraction and time dilation, right? >> we should...